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REPORT
OF THE
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NTERNATI ONAL scrENTtFtc

coMMlssloN

FOR THE

INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTS CONCERNING

BACTERIAL WARFARE IN KOREA AND CHINA

Table of Contents
Page

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Formaiion and Work of the

Commission

4
11

The Relevance oI Japanese Baclerial Wdrlare in World War

In.idenr ArilJ'is ,rdopred by lhF Commis.ion

II

13
15

Eatonological Data of the P.ague Documents

Medical Notes on the Insects Disseminated .

20

Phytopatholosical Data

24

Tlcidenl < in KoreJ tplague)

'lhe han Nan hci lenL lplzgue;

26
29

The K ufi Tie, rn.iden. ,dn,hrrx)

Incidents in l.iaotuns and Liaohsi (respiratory anthrax)
The Dai Dong ln.i len, (cholerr)
Types ol Conrainers or "Bombs"
'festimonies of Captured Inlelligence Agents

Testironics ol Caprured A:rm.n

H).giene in New China
General Considerations

15

32

34
37

39
47
49
53
55

62

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Preamble

h'oni the begluing of

1952, plenomcna

of a very ur)usu:,1 ohrrrarter

objedivc of brcte.iLrlogical s xrfarc.

Inte.nat;ona1 Scicnti{rc Conrnission which shcLrl.l exaninc the e!idence

the ficld.

iu

The membcrs ol ihe C.nrmisstor, \vlLo, coDscnnrs of ttr(jr.cspoDsi

bility, made evcrl. cftort to frec thcnisel!cs fro., pre.o ceilcd jdcas, ha1'e
ca!.icd_ out lhcir inrestignlions accord g ro the srricresi scientitic priu,

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The lnternalional Scicntific Commrssion.eached Peliing an the

21s1,

bcrs rvere as follon's:

Formation and Work of the Commission

Dr

Atrdrea ANDRREN (Sl\]eder), D;reclor of the Ccntral Clinical I,a

boratory of the l-Tospitals Board of the City ol Stoc|holm

Mons Jean ltAI,TI'IRRll (France), Ingenieur Asricole, Director ol the

Laboratory of Aninal Physiology, Nalio al Collegc of Agr;cultnre
Gdgnonj fo rerly Livestock Expcrt, UNRRA; CorrespoDdins
Xrlember of rhe Iialian and Spanish Socictics of Aninal llusbandry

Dr

Joscph

\EEDI{A]\{

(r,- K

),

lt

, S,r Willilm Dun! ltea(ler

;,r

partDcnt of \ratural Sciences, UNIiSCO.

Lrr Ohviero OI-IVO (Ita1y), I'rofessor of Human Inltoml.,n thc Facully of Nfedici.e oi ihe f,niversitl of Boloilna; Iormerly l-ccturcr
in General Biology, Uriversity ol Turtn.

Dr

Samuel B. PESSO.t (Braz,l), Prolessor oI l'arasi(ol.,sy at the Unrversity of Sao Parlo; former\' Director of Public Health for the
State of Sa., Paulo; Hon. Proiessrr h t|c lacrlties ol \iedicme of

lLc Uriversities of lteoile and Pa.aiba

Dr N.N ZHULO\/-VEREZHNII(O\r (U SSR),

Prolessor ol Brcteliology at, and Vic,e President of, the Soviet Academy of Medicine;
formcrly chicf rnedical expert nt ihc Khaba.oisl. Trial of Japanese
accused of pa.ticipating in b:rcteriological lvarlare

While greatly regretting that certair distinguished n1en of science whose

participatron had bcen cxpectcd, had .ot been able io come, lhe 15th July
tr'as fixed by ihe Cotnmission as the last clate for arrival Hovcver, latcr
on, a Narm \velcome was given to

llr

Franco GII{ZIOSI (Italy), Ass;stant

ol

tr.

Uni,Ff-irv of

!on..

in the Irstitute ot f,{i$o

Nho a.rived in PeLing on lhe 6th Aug-, jrsi bef(,re thc rcturD ol the
Cooniss,on fro Shenrans (X{uliden). Since he was thns only al)le to
be present durrng the last tbree \1'eel$ of tlc Comdission's vork, he
lvas established in the statts of Obserlcr Consullant, and ir tlat capacity
gave great hell to the procccdinss

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(Associaie Prolessor of Obstetrics and Ol,,iceology, l'cliitlg Universili' lUedical CollcSe)

Dr YEN lef Yins

Firally, lhcre Partictl)atcd:

of Modcrn

DI Y{NGChihTa

(Professor

olIh

ic Hcalrh, Aurora

Univc$irl',

SIanshai).
trlost oi the memlcrs ol tle Cc,lDnittce accompanied the Commission

cr

hazardotrs

liai
e some of
Cllncsc sciertists and nedical men, aticndcd thc meetinss of thc Com
missron as olservers or to give evi.lence Letore ir. 'rhe Comrnission
wishes to rhanh al! these colleagues, tor Nhose scicntitic attainments arld
probity it conceive{l a.Le.p rcspcct
oncci\.aL,le

!ote. 'lhc

ti

group also tlcrtldc]:r:

\{r N A KO\\/II'SKI;

Secrclalv Irrterpreler to T)r'

Inlerpretcr to ljr
Nlrs S. R PI')SSOI;acling is Secretalv

Pessox

['tr.s I'I Tn Churn

Nlembcr oi tle

't-

Peace Council

Ch'ng-Chi! NleLnbcr oi rhe \\rorlil

rfO Cf'l"g ftn" Ptesnlcnt of the Cbiicse 'Mc'licaL '\sscciation

t. ,,rno
n..

Se.reIary-Gc erxl:

Dr KUNG N Chilar
A.rsisinft

;lhead! metrtiotrell. Lhc CoDmissidi wishes to thanli Dr $rA-\

Direc!.rr ol Shnnshai ne(hcaL Collcse

Secre tarY-Gc trcra1 :

Dr CHI

Su-I'Lua Slcrctnr-r o{

l|e

ClhiDesc

Uedical '\ssocintion
constant inconvenienccs and dangers ot heal-I air bombartlnents

Steci.ri.t l.i,1son i)tiLcers:

Dr

those

\V11

In this connectt.,r, too, ihe

Tsai-Trrg Proiessor ol l)alhologv'

X'le(Lcrl Collcsc

Dr CHtl Iiung llu

Nlcmbers

Lhe Com,tssion

Nlshtlo

u;hom they h
reriders homa

NnnkiDg UDiversiiY

perishcd wh

tli('loilicrl
Assistart Llirecior l'aloratorv ol ErtorLolog: '

dcarlemia Sinica

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of

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parts ol China to
colleasues in the
$ront line \ri anti bacterial defence'

t{'o days at a rendezvous wrth the capturod airncn l)olr)rc

re-crossirg the frontrer into Norlhcasr China on Aug.6!h. Ii shoulll l,e
recorded that fie technical orgarisariod of this expedilion 1\'as laultl0ss.
siotr spent

An carlie| one, vrhich rook a shorier tine, had been undcltaken on

thc 15th and 16rh Jujy, $hen the Comnrission went by spccial pl:rnc,
train, and jeep, via Chichihar and Laha to visit the localities in the KanNan distrjct lvhich had been the scene of the dissemiration of plag einfected rodents (see,{pp.). These places are located in }IeilungchiaDs
prov,nce on the borcler of Tnrer X'tonsolia. Othcr official joumeys vere
of a minor character

It is impoltant to say something regarding thc difficulties oI

language necessarily rtlelrdant upon any enterprise such as that of the
p.csent Co ission Within Lhc Commission itself seven languages were
represented, b!t il was fo11nc1 that French rvas the of,e spoken and under
stood by thc maiolitr of the membem, and this ihereiore became the
Norking language nussian, Enslish, a d Italian, wheD spokcn, wcrc at
once translnted into lrrench On the Chinesc sidc, thc fact that so many
Chnrese scientisrs speak excellert ]jnglish or l'reDch Nas of S:reat value
Lo the work, bul dudng meelinss, Ior prorocol leasons, they spolie in
Chinese, i!lerpreted immecliately, and ofteD independently, into French,
Russian, and llnglish ']'his aas effected by Dr YANG Shih-Ta and
Mr. 'IING ChrCh'ien for French, Dr CH'EN Shu ior Russian, and
Dr YEN Jen-Ying for Enslish. At a later stase of the Fork, Dr WU
FIuan-Hsins rendered val!able literary and linguistic assistance. 'lhe
Conmission had further t|c advantage that one oi its European medbers
spoke and unclerstood the Chinese languagc, which uas of particular
valte during the iDterviewirg of witnsses, and could also read and write
Chrnese. wLich facrlitated the consul!ation of literat re and the examina,
tion of documenls. Another n]ember \'!as able to nrainlain direct English-

had bcen disseminated throogh Prague'

R!ssian linguistic contact. In Korea conclitions

plicated, f.Jr vert' fcw Chinesc scicntists undcrstand Korean, but the
Commrssion had there the services of a rernarliabte linsuist, Ilr. OK len
fIsieh, rvho interlrcted perfectly fron l(orean into French, English or
Chinese nt will. Othcr Korcnn-ChrDcse interprerers rvere also avallable
1\ parallel check was oblained b_y translation into one ol the EuropcaD
larguages through Ch ese, and also sirnultancousiy from Korcan to
liussian dircct Sincc frcquent comparison oI notes took place, it will be
scen th:rt there nns not much likelihood of any nistake on points of subsrance I,aslly, the proceedings at some of the meelings ll,'ere recorded
br rnagnetophone ior subscqtent rcference For all these reasons, the
Commission consrrlers itsclf protccted against any criticrsms rhat ir did
roi socceed in apfreheniling lne fu11 mind ot Ch;nese and Korcan
specialists and {itncsses

Tle

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names

ol the members of the Comrnission sisncd belov

bear

Documentation+
the

A1 ihe tilr1c whcD thc mcml,ers oi ihc Cor|mission f;rsr asscrrrbled,

orly doeLlnents xrnilable to lhcD Ncrc rhosc Nhich bad Lccn rclcascd

Lry

thc Korean anrl Chinese Cl.r\:ernmerts and drssemrnated itr the wesrerD

\rcrld i.orn the secreiarial oi the \\iorLd l)eace Courcrl xl |rague or

throuBli the {rri.,us {lhnresc ofiici.Ll news agencies nr rle larious

lhe First Re|. .f tfic Taoreju X,lediaal Ser\lrc (SlA/ll*" deall orl)
eith c\-cnrs oI Jan and Feb 1952 Thc haterial coniailed in i1 lvas

worked oler ag:iir in ihe Tnternaijonal Denocralic I,a11'yers'Conm;ssio.

(Korea) Rerorr (51A/.1), which a(ldcd darx of the rrpcarailce of plagrc
cascs in Korca, aD, oI corrsc tlc rcsuhs ol cram;nrt;m of cl crvit!csscs
b), iDtcrnational pcrsoLucl

Thc l\!o nrost dctailc.l rcports \.orc thos( ol the Chinesc Commission
for lDvcsrisatirg the Amcrican Llrime of Gc[n \\iarfare&.bich carriec] oul
ia\.cstisations Loar u Korea ard in \1.) Chnlr (l,Ianchrria) drrine Lr,e
morlh of \farcl 'lle main oire oi ihese \ras lhar oi the sub co fiiss;o,r
h liorcii rrirlled irl I'cknrs in i\pril, sivcn nr full nr ricN.\/s5 (SupDl ),
anil al)ri(lSerl jn SlA./l:l 'L'he re|ort oi thc snl comnrissron, in N.,ihcrst
China (lrla,ichrrix) \\as si,rilarly prirltc.l
l'cliins anrl aLrnlgcd in
SL\/3 'l'his rcport is th:rt \rhrch c.,ilaine.L'r the fullesi eniomoloqi.al
informatron \othing ol slri.Lll. scienliric signilicance Nas a.lded by t|e
Tnlernaii.!ral Ilenrocrai;r T,asye.s' \crsion oI tl,c sarrrc h,illcrjal, aerir
printed ir Pel.irg, an.l nrllr r cprodrlccd ir SI,\/8

A spccial .cprt lrr cerLanr Euro|ean s.ienl;s1s co slltcd lI tLc

Sccretal.rt oi the \\rorld ireace Courcil cofi;rne,l tlc crtonolosical
nlenlifrcadons by flotogra|ls, ai)d atpeare(l ns S-t.V2, it covercd botn
Lorexn arrd NE Chjncse data. ,\ fllrrhcr spccrrl rcport hy iolf Chi,rcse
scientists, agajn b:lscd oD thc sanlc rnalcrjal, uptrenrerl as ST.\/12

|11j:,lishe.L.

'l'hosc nho v.ish to cx:'nilre the earler retorts r,ould l,c !'cll a(lvisell
io st dy them i11 tle aho\-e or{ler ll_\ lhe iime llrat thc Drcmbers.i lhe
l.arvyers'Comniission rerrrned 10 ldrote (rni,l ,\l)ril), x consnle,alle

' l'l,e .eler.rces conrrincd if I'c L.\t chtc to \pD.nili.es rvhiel, \.ijl
r laLer d.te
** l'hc loll.^\'nrs (lo.ureut
idenLitj,catidr $ill|. trKL:1,.!suc scrj6, Sr'!/i \or
Clinra \.Ns AAcncr, NC-\-\/ ; l)o.nrre,rt\ arr l!lq Lo rhc lntcrnational S.Lc.nl'.
Co,rnission, iI China, ISCCI ; n, l(.rea, ISCK/
Ic

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ptrblisIell at

tl

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I
I

The Relevance of Japanese Bacterial Warfare

in World War II
No invesiigaiiorl ol allegatj.,Ds of lractcrrnl lvarlare in ]]ast Asia
could lail to takc cogrlisancc of tl1c iact thnt rt \i as un.loultedl]. employed
Ly bhc Japmcse asaitrst Chlna durns rhe seconcL lorld rvar. The Com-

mission rvas rclatl\.cly wcll informed on this subiec! shce one of its
mcmLers h:'d been the chief ext)err at the Kh;iba.olsk irial, a d:mother
had heen one ol lhe \,ery ien r,estern scielltists ilr al olfidal position nr
China rlurn)g 1le cour,.e oi ihe e!e ts themsehes. Tll 194,1 it had beel)
pari ol his cluty to report to his or so\ cnrneut tlal although hc hil.]
begun \cith an attihldc of great sccpticisrI], thc rnaterial collcctcd by thc
Chincsc Surgcotr-Ccncrrl's Oilicc sccrncd t., sholv clcrrly that thc
lapanese 1verc, and had been, .issenrinating plasue;nlccrccl llcas in
sc\.cral districts 'L'hcr rlere thus able to briig al,ort a consrdcrablc
numler of cascs of b11l)onic plaglre in areas Nherc it was Dormally nor
endernic, btrt x,here co itions for its sprcad Ncre iairly tavoural,le As
is gene.ally kno\.r, onder norlnal circlllnstnnces. lr boric plague is
erldcmic only in cerlain s|artlr circurscribed areas (eg FLrLien

r',-'i ,.)"u ot\\'i

u, l-..,

Irrom the archrres of the Chrnese.\firislrl' oi Healih ore of ihe

origjnal retoris dealnrg \,rn h the a.liliciri in.luctioll ol plague ai Cha JtlC
nr TI]llan frovince by r|e Jafanese i. 19,11 \aas laid bclore the Corn
mission (,\pp ISCC/I). This docullent is srill t.,clay of cons crable
value and indecd historical intcrcst Oflicial Chincsc rccords give rhe
number oi lsien cities {'hich \.crc
in this vay Ly the Jap:rnese
^ttacked
as eler-en, 4 in Chekiang, 2 each in
Hoper and llotran, and 1 each in
Shansi, Iluan and Shantung. Thc total numler of lictims of arlifici:llIv
dissemiirated plague is nor. xssessed by the Chinese as aplroxinately
700 bctx.een 194{ and I91.1.
The document rep.oduced belorv h.rs, moreover, histoncal iiteresi.
Surgeon General at rhe iinie dislributed
ten copies anrong tle Iinbass;es ir Ohugknrg, an.1 it may well be nro.e
than a coirlcidence that ac.ording lo the lvell-knox.n Merck Report of
Jan 1946, large scale $'orl< in America otr r|e methods of bacLe ological
warlare began in the very same year, 19.11. The Commission rvas h;rppy
io hale the opporiunitl., cluring its Nork 1n liorea, ol meerirg the dis
tingu;sled plaguc speci; ist lvho wrole lhe origin;i1 enorandum lronl
Chansta, and of hearils his riews on ll)e failure oi the KuoBlilrtang

It is loown that the Chnrese

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accused

rl

thc Khlbaro|sli trial

Incident .Analysis Adopted by the Cornmission

Lln accollrL of its

'erv

tralrte,

lle

use oi

bidogical {'ealorls is an acl

i,

Norli of thc Commissur r.as sone kind ol schcne \\hich coulil scric as
a lrarncvort for tle tacls {hich jl Notrld l.t!c to siL y in each parttcular

'f|e siml)lcst schenic, nr rvlicll, trnder idcal co!dilio11s. cver}

.omfol,enr rrcul.L bc presenl and posiii\.e, wrs the follouiDgi

lactory ai ilxrbin

charxctcr oi the idc:Ll la1lefl Nhcn l|e general complcx of lxcls

,esuliiog frorn rle confrotrtation of nluncrous patlerns is cra incd, the
srlole s,tlra.tion becomes clcar, (cl P 51 r,c1o\Y)
nl tle (i)lnmission

15

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certainly not identical with the single species of this genus previously
recorded frod China (App.). Exactly the samc observation applis to the
midse Otthacladiur These zoologrcal and geographical discrepatrcies
must be ailotted due weight in the consideralion of a1l the cvidence.

Entomological Data of thb Prague Documents

One oi the first tasks {'hich preseuied itsclf to the

Co

mission

\\'len

In ani .ase, the anoflalies provcd to be much more extraordinar. on

h,. o" o oSi"al rr n or, , . z. -togi.r'-il",g-rphic,t .ide. \\ l,itF L\e
populations du ns $e iirst th.ee months of the year, $.hen the snow is
still on the ground in \iorth and Northeast China and in Korea The
Conmission found no difliculty in substantiating that these mxsses had
Lreen seen (ard clestroyed as quickly as possible) by very manl' ordinary
men and wo en ;n al1 lvalks of life. Of the eighteen species so far re
ferred io, no lcss than trveh.e exhrbited m:'rked seasonal anomalies of
appea.ance. In other words they appeared in mass with a prccocity
varyins from 6 1,1 weeks earlie. than the tirrle of year at which, according to the personal experience ard published vorl<s of competent entomologists, they ooght nornally to be expecie.l to appear The average shrft
was one of 9 weeks; more than t\.o months (App.)

recorded lrom areas

in which they na\\

appeared in great numbcrs

Hcre sevcral points of intcrcst arisc. The collection of mantr tcns

of thousands of flies of approximately the same size as house-flics can
easily be inasincd, but the size ol the spritrs tail (Isatoma neiqirhina;
B6rner) is so small (orly 2 nn in lensth) that immensc numbers in hish
density musi la1'e been present to hare attracted any attention at all
(App ). Wherever possible, concrete fisures for asscsscd dcnsities have
bcen given in a Table (App.) An obse arion of importance made by
one of the Chinese entomologists in SL.\/12 {'as that certain masses
of llylanl,ia appearing rvhen the temperature lvas 10"C contained
a high proportion of irdividuals readv to lay eggs, thus still further
deepening the mrstcry of their origin Similarly strikhg was tle case
of lhe field cricket Crjll ! testaceus, the life+islory of ll.hich happened to
have bccn the suirjcct o{ an claboratc papr wriiten in Peldns in 1951
(App ) Thousands of a.lults of this species appeared i,r l{arch near
K'uan Tien in Lia.Jtuns protincc, NE China (Mancl'uria), adjointus
Korea, i.e at a timc when evcn in Peking, which has a warmer lemperaturc than NE China, thcre should be present no individrals except iho.e
in the egg stage.
Now

it

may be granted that isolated and sporadic irstances oI the

of swarms of various kinds of insects in winter are to be

found in entomological literature But it is hardly conccivable that such
phenomena could occur for so dan]'specics at once if its causes were
appearance

(,{pp.). Similarly, the sun flies found (.HeLoq)za tudesta; Maisen) \'erc

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e !letcorological

Ilantl(trir)

an'l
sLr4rrising
all
I xi
associatcd the unusunl phenome'la
(

xnd the outb.*ks ol discase. Relevart also hcre is the question of the
Dreasrres lakcn in Chirla and Korea to coDtrol lnsect potulations (see
Arrp), a d ihar oI thc occnrrence of par}ogcns on ran.lon samples of
,,orn'al insccrs (App )

s. in (AP
artiiiciaL fnctor

18

19_

Medical Notes on the Insects Disseminated

in Aprrerdix.

ha\.c been Iound on them.

reD,.sented bv N.,nd,/d sD., onc ol

k

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'l'h!s rhe,1'rtrcctiori oi nian u'ith the lortl mite

[)crttnnvssLs gallinut

rl woukl have seedod aLsuid if an)'one |ad made tse

to provoke artificially an eptdenic ot encephalitis

rhen

of

Dcrmanvs.trts

whrle thc q,i1d stccics is well L{rolvn as a vecior

As for ihe c$e o{.lrrlotrd, for cxanrlLe, I-arious hllolhescs mrv he

infection of l(nvcr n,am al ' ecio l)arasiics (flcas,

mites, ctc.) , infcctio. ol nat
L1010r@ ' Contarnin id (,f food o vater ' iDicctiot .f rnar-

a) Isatoma
b)

o
d) /roir,,d ' inlcction ol plants
llanj othcr hyt,rilcscs 1'ou1d also bc llatrsil)lc

irr' :- $"_Lh e!ul,i ,':,'. \ ': qlc .l," ie'

\' nc\
ngi,,r, anlJ,n,c, ic'r'Ii x.rr.r
citc the Anophclir: mosquitoes of $c genrs rrrle':id
rtomcstic hal)rts norih ol thc 2'llh desrec of h(;iude in
SorLh,\merica, ard ihcrclore play no part in thc tansmisslD ol nalarta

ir' 1.

i",

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e

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Phytopathological Data
Several relerences wcrc nade

io thc ea.lier,ite.nrure to thc d.op

tificatiors wirh Chinese pht'ropathologists and Lolanisis of !rtcrrrtionxl

.epute (App )
Tl $,es cstablished that thc stalks and lods of soya Lvurs iverc inlected

iomd, lotrever,

A |L;rd

casc

Lras

morpholosical ditlerclces lrom thcn. as

of disse[iilatjon ol a llatrt

ieli

.lisease occurred as

as e nuclr

]rle as Jui,v'

ln the alovc iLrrce cases, Prccise eve Fitncss accotlrs of th!

ol the pa.l.ec of Dlant tnatcrial $,ere araj abl.

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droltrPing

Sou had prevented

fur$er

cases.

th second or thc studies, t{o lieutl:ralts oi &e Ch;nese Volunleer

in Korca, Iound a very densr oass of fleas on a ba.e hillside flear
Hoi-Yaig The zonnrg Nas so distributed as to indicate that tiey had beelr
delivered by a container $rhich came dolr,rr r her slowly in a NNE direction,
Lrui no trace of anr container could be folr,nd Somes"hat astonished at the
densily ol the popularjar, lvl;oh darkened th ground and blackened their

:h

Incidents in Korea (Plague)

Forccs

trorlsed, lhe t\vo yorng menJ rvho wele aiterwards questi.,ned by the Codm;ssion perstlrally, retutied to their qlrartcrs aod brousht reinforctrlenls
lvhich destrayed ihe flcas i'ith a iire ol lrctrol and dne branches. Tr this
case tle soldiers Nere proiected in a lunber of ways (App.) and lhejr prompt
cormier measffes took cffcct before any apprciable nffnber .rf the fleas
could find tbeir B.al, to roules of traosit r:requeited bt hllman beinss. Tests
carded lrut by the l(orcan-Chrflese servjces showcd lhat these ileas ve.e
infccted vittrr plague bacteria, aid rhat they were hunian llcas

'l\ic lact that

they were fleas (.P iwila s) parasiiic on nan must be

to what is known o{ rhc occologl of this nsect,
it would be inpossible to find la.gc rurnbers a$nl' from tLle hotrres or man.
\rhat, thm, is to be said of the occurrcncc o{ a number ol these ;nsects
cstimaled nt Dury iens of thcusands, at one tide, dr bare waste land
remate fron rny human habitaiion? Sucli a $.itches' sabbaLh rvas ce.ta;nly
not called together by any natural means. Nlone relevant was thc piDie Nhich
members of the CPVI b,llered in the neighbourhood had heard circliDe
orer thc place at about 4 a. n. on th day the disdrvcry
elnpLrasised. Accor.lins

Analvsis shows $al in these circtrmstances some of thc nonnal links

in lhe epjdriolog;cal chain of pla8ue, in which Prler i/r,ionr paftiripates,
are nissing. No.nmlly the epizootic disease manitests itsclf first among
rodents, a,rd Lhis is {ollowed by aD outbreak of hll]IaD cases, irod which
P irtitans:s secondarily inlecred Only thdr is this parnsite of man capable
or .:v aA ,i. ro lrfl'ler ca".s.

In ihe llsht of dl dlese and orher simllar facts, the Comnission had
no qtion b1rt ro conclude that the Lnerican air for{t was employing in
Korca mLhods very sjmilar to, if noi exactly nientical u.ilh, those enrployed
to spread plague by

tlc

Japancse dlrring the seco'1d \Fo.ld

var

During the discussions of tliese cases at Plons}-ans the ComDrissroD

of dle fordnost Chjnese expcrts on tlaale, the autho.,
irdeed, ol the 19:11 roport (App ) He gave evidarce t., the effe.t thal
n had ursed the Krnmintang i{ovffiert io maft l oNn to the xorld the
had the help of oie

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Korea

aid we shall

trorv see trhat tLis has indecd been done

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The Kan-Nan Incident (plague)

thai thc lnenbers or- fte ll1lrusive spccrcs were uniforn]ly

discascd or dying befole the cals found them -qomc died in circum
stirnccs Nhich cxciu.Led tlie action
becalne clear

'Lhe

Iiar -\an

area hxs never knol'n anv lorm of rlnsue so far

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thesc reasoDs plaglle-inlected flns were

aHdls 1o rhe hudrn beings

In lle

u.ablc to rransnit the

ol ihc ComDissim,

pathosenic

theacfore, tlicrc reDritrs n,,

fron plague vere delircre.1
to thc Jrstrict oI lGr-Nan du rg the njght or the 4thl5th April, 1952,
by rhc aircrafl lvhich the villagers heard. This \\as icleniiiicd xs an
Ancncan l-82 double iuselase nighGfightcropnri,rn

doubr that a largc !uml,cr of r.oles suflernrg

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The K'uan-Tien Incident (aathrax)

The Commission studied ;n iretaii

case wfrich invcilved the abnormat

in the southeastern part of Liaotung province near the Yaiu River, saw
eight Amrican lighter planes pas6 over tle city about half-an-hour after

noon. They recognised them without difficulty for such intrusions were
a common, almost daily, occurrence. The Chinese Air Observer Corps
identified them as F 86 planes and spotted their courses. From one of

around the town were reported as a result of this interventior.

In view of the above Jacts the Cpmmission had no option but to

clrnclrlde that insects anrl spiders carrying anthrax had been delivered
by means of at least one container ol special type from at least one
American plane in the neighbourhood of this sma1l town in I.;aotung
province.on I{arch 12th.

town, including school-boys, organised sealches in the region bel.ond the

east gate where the object appeared to have fallen, and collected many
atrthonyiid Ilies (Hllenria, sp.) and spiders (T6rentula, sp.).

crater at the point of impact of the object (App.) The location was
a maize field constituied by a small island surroundd by the beds of
ri\Fr, dry ar rhis rime ol year. Tle largesr "bomb'frag-re-t $as of
metal, but the most numerous werc of a thin porous calcareous srbstance
the nature of lvhich was not immediately obvious. This was late. identified and will be discussed sepa.ately (p. 44). The sire of the
incident was visited on the following day by two well-qualified entomologists, who had already searched in the immediate neishbourhood four
days earlier; they collected a further supply of flies, and carefully
assembled as many container-flagments as possibl, melting th snow
with the help of hot water.
The presence of snow, at least in d {ts between the furrows explains
how it liras possible for the insects (sluggish at the low environmental
temperature) to remain for more than a week in the close neighbourhood
of the point of impact It also explains th similar continued presence of
considerable numbers oI fowl feathers (also delivered at the sane time)
in the same zone. The insects and arachnids showed an anomalv of
seasodal appearance (see p. 20 above) and tie former also a rcgional anonaly
as to zoolosical specis (s p. 16 above).
Competent bacteriological examination by the Chinese dernonstratd

the presnce of the pathogenic organism cEusins anttuax

anttuac;:) both on itrsects, spiders and feathers (App

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(.Bacillss

The occurrence

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of downy feathers ol fowls. In some cases large numbers of the

luscavicinattnexpectedly appeared, with the anomaly of season
so oiten noted, snow being still on the ground. Though the beetle was
not seasonally anomalo!s, its appearance in the open air and in daylight
in great numbers was oecologically extraordinary. All three of these
biological objects '!!ere found by the Chinese bacteriologists to be contaminated with anthrax bacilli. And the strains of bacilli isolated, in
spite of the diversity of the objects, all had exactly the same behaviou.
in fermentation testsr-an unusual and suspicious circumstance
masses

horsefly

out, some of

'H.1:i:l:
thai the in

trrlding planes were in general F 85 fighters, with the exception of

a B'26 bomber on one occasion In one case several people sa$' an object
like a la'ge red thermos flask throNn down, lvhich seemed to bulst with
an explosive puff and a disasreeable smell like burning sl<in or hon when
about 30 ft. from the sround (cf the parasraph on Containers) In another case valuable testimony, admitting the absence of an). maierial
coriainer at the presumed poht of impact, described the slow dispersion
bylhe wind of a laree quantity of feathers from just that poirt, $-ith the
Iormaijon oI a t angular area s1ow1y extending and broadnins. In this
rnstance the description of the container was such as to recall strongly
ihe seu-destroying "egg shell" tlpe used at K'uan Tien, (App and p 'lrl

belo\,

'I'he evidence con.erning aircrail, containers, biolosical objects

analysed data concerling

fatal huflan

cases

of respiratory anth'ax

and

App.), showed that it had been possible to obrain new strains oi anihrax

The Dai-Dong Incident (cholera)

On of the incidents to which the Comnission was inr-ited by the
(North) Korean -N{inistcr of Health to devote detailed attcntion con-

cemed certain latal cases of cholera illustrative of those which have been

ant
ifl
very
y

rs

nd ensuing haemorrle to dolbt indicated

iniected obiecrs.

round for an hour or more as iI its pilot were trying to find something,
a country Sirl picking herbs on the h;llsides found a straw package con
taining a certain kind of clam She took some of the clams home and she
and her husband flade a meal .jf them raw; on th evening of the same
day both fell suddenll. ill and by the evening o{ the iollowing day both
were dead. Medical evidence showed that the cause of death s'as cholera
(App ). Further packages of clams {'ere found on the hillsides by the
local Home Guard, and bacieriological examination by t|e Korean aad
Chinese specialists provecl that the clams were heavily infected $'ith the
cholera vibrio (App ).
The !r'hole sequence of evnts becomes more and more extraordinary
the mole closelr it is examined In the lirst place, the appearance ol
marine molluscs (X,Ieretr;' Merctri'), contaminated in this way, on a hill
in ihe mrddle of the coultrysidc, can only be regarded as a highly un-

rhat cholera has never been an endemic disease in Korea. for while there
hafc becn a numbcr of outbreaks during the pESt forty years it was
always possible to trace them to a naritime point of entry. Yet here 11'as
a prrely rural iocus Furthermore, there had only been one previous
instance during this century of any cholera in Kora in May; seldom did
it appear beiore the month of,A,ugust- Then there were several peculiari
ties about the clams as found. In Korea they are not us ally wrapped in
straw lor sale, ther appeared here a month belore tieir usual scason
(indeed since the bcginning of the {ar thelr har-e not been reaching thc
rnarkets at all), and if anyone had sone to thc trouble ol la).iDg the packages do\rn at r.arious places on rhe hillside it was hard to explxin lvhy
nrany of the thick.alcarcous shells ot the clams should havc ben broken

l-ight was thro\ar on thc sequence of events, hoNc\.cr, rhen the

narre of the locality was examined The clams Nere found in a zone
some 400 yds. from a pumping-station at the top ol the hill, and some
1,000 yds from a series of reservoirs or spflng-fed ponds the rater of

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Types of Containers or "Bombs"

in tbe

of the statements madd in the Prague documentation, and to investigllie

in considcrable delail ne{er melhods more refined than any which had

types of them". 'l'he contents of this paragmph must there

lore'arious
Le a..cptc I strh a.l .lue re.er\r iors
are

'I'he containers presenl a variety of forms and systens probab'lv

involves no conrainer at alt, ard to end lYith the self'destreying recept-

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:lcles Intermediale posiiions wlll be occupied by rhe less specialised

devices mhether parachuted or not.

(3) Air-Burctibg Variable-Time Fuse LeaIlet Bomb. This type oI

container is the one $'hich has figured most itr all accounts hitherto published on bacteriqlocical warlare in Korea and China, and ii is certainly

(1) Sprayins. In NCNA/8S, p.4, (Rcporr of rhe Chinse Scienrific Commrssion ir Korea) the claim Nas Dade rhat a Chinese volunree!
soldier actually san' all American plane spraying insecrs at Chor-Won
unlikel
he fact

ii the cylindric
diaphraghms
into four
divided
b)'
three
steel
a1 body ol rhe bomb is
so
The
is
divided
longitudina'lly
that hall
compartments.
casing
sepa.aie
oI it, being mounted on hingesr can s$'ing open and release its contenis
at any flomen! desired. Below the lloor of the lowest compattment the

nose-piece forms a sihail empty compartment, and beloN

statem

may have been dsht in his deducthn

As to the kinds ol insects which coulcl be so.distribured, it seems

certain that the method would be unsuitable ior delicare creatures such
as mosquiioes, but other discussions (App.) indicated rhat it rvoukl

(2)

Non-explodiDe Objects and paper packts. Several

spoken oi as having been delirered at l,yongyang on 4th

lrar.

of

ihe

(\CN_A.,/

fron a lo{' height simply 11'rapped in this way, it seems nore

probable that id all cases the packets originaied lron1 rhe inrerior oi
meial lcafle.containers or "bombs" which had exploded and opened in
mid-air. To these we novr rLim.
be dropped

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sulficrently large to peF'mit of the escape of a parachute il ii should be

desired lo equip the bomb with such a derice There has been some
dir.ergence in the prtrblished measurements of the boflb (NCNA/8s,
SIA/13, ISCCy'4, etc.) but the specimens seen by the Commission and

Accordins to the descriptions given by the captured airfln (App.)

the doors oi the bonb are supposed lo open at a height oI about 100 ftr,
liliely to be about 300 ft in diadistribotirlg ihe contents

The classical eye-witness description (App ) is that of an army

doctor who on Mar. 26th saw an American plane, circling over Yong$ron, drop two bombs in a power dive. Both split into t$'o on exploding
and gave rise to atr insect congested zone so1ne 200 yards long and 100
yards b.oad, vnth a ma-rimum densit). oI 100 insects per sq. yard, centering otr lhe craters (5 in deep) made by the bomb halvs (NCNA/85,
p 5)- The Commission had the opportunity of personal interrogation
of eyewitnesses, mostlr peasant iarn1ers, who had found three such leafletbombs surlounded by insects after they had been dropped by planes on
l{ar.27 !h and 31s! ar Ch'ang-Pai in ]-iaotlng Province (ISCC/4; SIA/
10). Asain, while at Pyongl'ang, the Comnission inspected a collection
ol these containers, and here reproduces a table oI details concerninA
then (c f. App.).

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impact. Breakage of a plastic partition would permit access of the acid

lectures attended by the captured airmen (Quinn/Ashfork, see be'low,
p. 51) \'
it in his deposition
this tyPe of bonb
(App.).
that this \1'as the
must be
infected insects by
contaiie
KaDs.Won

(7)

Paper or Cartotr Cytinder with Silk Paracbute, The only type

by th Iour capiured arrmen who gave evidetrce be{o.e the Conilission.

ln ill io ,r . a-Fc, ,oo. rLe i irme- Li:evel rha! rhe bacreriolog;cal bonl ,i
which had been loaded on io &eir pia,res and which they duly dropped,
were ol ihis type (,{pp.)

As is Nell-tlon'n, public .tisputes have ariser in the international

press about theiuse of leaflet containersj bui the chief of the American
Army Chemical Corps is on record for !h staiement that they are wdll

suited Jor the (ldliver)' of biolosical objects (SIA/9, p.1; NCNA/85, p,5;

oI the ordinary flare parachute, so that presumably it wo ld not be likely

to lloat for a long time in the air. It lvas also pointed out that there Nas
no trace oi bui ing on lhe carton, ard this was cerlainly true of the

rscc/4/

nose x,ou'ld be arme{l by a small passn'e airsciew or propeller which

wodtd bring about detonation afler a certain number of revolutions
There is hardly any meniion of this type iD the documeniation issued
before the Commission began its work, ror .ll''as any evidenc found of
its use. However, it r1'as described in one of the lectures which th
captured airmen had received (O'Neal/'Mcl-augllin, see belo{', p. 51).

(5) Leaflet Borhb rvith Doots opehed ljy a Propeller: In tb;s type,
which u'ould be sinilar in exierial appearance to both those just described, the passive propeller or airscrew in the nose 1rroul.l actuare a nrcthanism, t,r open a series ot doors along the length of ihe bomb after
it had carried out a predeiermined number of revolutions, The packets
are then blolvn out by the i.ind Again there is no mention of this in
the iPragrie documcntation, nor did the Conmission find direct evidence
of its existence or use. Bul nevertheless it was described iD one of the
lectures which the caprured airmen had received (Quinn/Ashlork, sec
below, p 51).

d to have delivered midses (Kang DonC, 26!h March, NSNA/85 i SIA/

13). Delicaie insects such as these (Attkocladius), or mosquitoes, would
douhtless convenienlly be delirered by such a rnclhod.

Self-Destroying). Oi
Conmission nor had

this
ihe
for lanuary,

it Blt such a device

1952

(App.) According to this

(6) Lerflet Bomb with Doors or Sides openids after Impaat- Here
the half-side of the boo1b, or a seris of doors in it, 11'ortld.be opened by
mechanism driveu by electric battery actir-ated only by the slock of
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R. Sakaki ir1 Md;''trnt

accouDt, the container

have
flighr,
plpes

selai ana etised aongnawing r way oul.

onty lor
purpose of

lo pos

si4ce it is not yeL clear how so fragile a container can stand the shock
oI dpdrture froft the plafle, ti
L

examine the calcareous fragmeflts preserved from it. But it did not
represent the only incident of,ihe kind which came to the notice of the
descdbed as the rather slow slantihg fall of silvery globes about twic

as big as lootballs (App.). Thele can be litde cloubt that this was
the same dvice agaif, Morebvr' on of the eye-witness accounts of
th Pai-Ch'ins-?zu cases (ISOO/5,; SIA/6, p. 1) mentioned shining
mosr ingnious oI all t1re types in quesrion, namely:rhe "egg-she

{10/ The Artificial

Ess-Shell Conrainer, On nrarch

2ts,

"

con-

more

p. 1) mrght refer to this type, but:i is not possible to be sure. In any

case, the Commission considers thad there can be no doubt that such
containers $'ere used by the Americans on both sides of the Yalu River
in March and in June.
add that evid

I rcpiacles
been mention

be
of

nd of wooden
boxes (NCNA/85, p 6). If thes indeed descended from the slry, it
was nore probably as part of the cargo of some kidd of Parachute
bomb. Packases oi siraw were used for th cholra clams of Dai-Dong
did howevr have the opporlunity oI examining nar Pyongyang frag

It

lvas thus possible io deduce that the inraor container rnust have

ation in bacteriological {.arfare was referred to iir at least tNo of the

lectu.es attended by captured Anerican airlneD (Bnoch/Wilson and
Sakaki, nanely of covering pieces of shrapoel with jellt' containing
zuelchi (sas gangrene) or tetanus (App.), Corioi fi ing for padded
Ninier clothing, hovever, 1a'hich appeared at one time convenienlly
near the Chinese trenches, lvas found to be cofltaminated with paratyphoid B (comn from DGMS, CP\IF).

(12)
i

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Ground Distributions of Biotogical Obicct6 Delivered. Those

\
that there was a Iairly,regular concentdc distributio' around the spor
immediately beneath which the openihg of the oontainer had taken
.dpart from rhese cases, the Connissioll noted turo inleresting exmples of sround distribulion ol delivered objects. In one case (lSCC/

.pp.) feathers were found being bloNn aNay slowly by the wind
their point of arrival, so as to form a triangular area iZ mile lorg
rile \roi l dr the b:.e r li. rr,. gradual.I
a-J raLhpr le-" Ihal
lenglle ing and broadening. Though no coniainer o. its iragments rvere
found, the bomb in this case lvas probably oi the egg shell t)'pe In
anothc! instance, that oI the grear n mbe.s ot hunan fleas found on
a barc hillside (ISCK/3; App.)., it \,vas seen that rhe insects covered
an ellipsoidal area about 30 ]ds. X i0 yds. with a zone of maxinum
densiry at approximately one of the centres or foci of the ellipse. This
xould presumably suggest that the fleas wer delivered by some object,
perhaps a parachute container, which travlled along the long ax;s of
the ellipse.

Testimonies of

Intelligence Agents

tr'Ienbers of rhe eommission had the opportunity

at Pyongy:rng of

ganisation" of.fhe South Korean Covernment, and when the American

troops finally reireated he had gone with them Xfino! personal interest,

Llnable to make a livins, the witness joined the American

auxiliary i.telligef,ce forces. He described the political, military, and
hysienic training which he had received in a orsanisation ertitled
"KLO." at Seoul between December, 1951 and March, 1952, (App.).
Here le was taught tne techniques for obtaining th information desired.
1t was during this period that the bac terial warfare developed. Numerous
inoculations were given to hi!n about the begjnning of FebrLraiy, thougb
he \,!'as not iniormed of their natu.e. Until the eve of his departure he
had no contact with foreign military ofiicers, but his {inal instructions
were then delivered to him by an American major throush an intryreter.
These conprised a specific area for his operations, and gave exact details
of the diseases about which the Americans wanted to know (typhoid,
plague, cholera, encephalitis, dysentery, and smallpox). The I'itness was
informed as to the systems on which North Korean statislical jnformation
was drawn up, and his instructions $,'ere to obtain it if possible by means
of contacts jn the health and other Sovernmental services, or if need be,
to steaj it. He was also told to be extremely careful of what he ate, not
to pass the niehr in placs infected vith insects, afld not to drink rnboiled water. North Korea was full oI iltness, it was said, but his
inocrilations would give him great protectjon.

The witness accordingly passed into North Korea on the 29 March,

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and worked there with an accompanying radio teiegraphist until he was

transmit litt1e or no information to,{merican headquarters.

qa-fareo-l\

lr.-

readins pub'ic nor,ces

of the agent hdd been to provide information about ih ffectivdess oI

bacteriological wariare; a conclusion $'hich could onlt add to the
cumulative mass oi evidential material inculpating the American armed

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1'here can be tro douLrt that these acL issions had considerable
irlfhence on the western wo.ld. But those lvho did not lvish to bc
conrinced tendc.l to brush thenr aside as confessions obtained under

l95l June

Oct.

Lt

Qunrtr's story, failed (SL{/15)

In thse circunstatrccs it rvas oI grcat imPortance that tire Com

firission was able to meet, rt a rendezvo s in Korea, not onlv the i11o
those fo11r

Ame can airmen, the Commission fouDd itseu in

prcsence

Dnocl, attends lectue t,y Bro$nihs in Korea, Same staremenr

Neal allends lecture by WillianN iu US Non coht rlal

-Oariltude
on intention to lse Lracteriolosical earl re
Dec -Enoch artends anoihe. lectu.e by B.ownins in Kore. Samc
starement as ir O.t
Dec t8rh Qlintr arrends lecl1re Lrr Ashlo.t n, Ito.ea. Necessiry oI Dr
parins for bacteriolosi.al \.a.la.e \tli.h tLre enmy rtrisht use
1s52 Jan 3rd Quirn's lirsr mission with bacte.iol.snal botubs Brieled and

Dcc 1st

strate inconsistencies in

KDiss atrends kcto.e by Laurie ih US. IDlo.niation eiyen be-

d.brieled as "dudi, bur lrom othr circumstances !e knee what

lhey $..
lar 6th -Enoch's iirst mis$ion $ith bacrriolosical bombs B.i.ied as
''gerd bombs", to !c dcLrided as 'UudJ.
Jan 2znd-O'Neal attends Ie.l1r.e by \'rcl,arshlin in Korea tsacteriolosical

{ari--e ,rrred J.
o b":n u
Feb 15th O'Neals li.st mission'r'r$ith baclerioloeical bonlbs ts.ieI.1 as
"cerLn bo,nbs", to be debrieled as "aii-Lrlrst VI"
Fcb 18th O'Neal sees evidence ol th bse oi sprayins techniqtre, lrom
"Decidlr "lap eI ! e,

tle US

admitted

NIar 21st-Kniss atle'ds lecturc by Ncl,aushlih in Korea tsacteloloeical

\"r,1-" " "1 ie'":rl ro l,a - brn rn otl"ron .r r I. JClea. statenent that rh. IiS Gorernnrenr $.rln ..nrirn. t.
dcny iL as long as rossible

27th Kniss lirst mission $.ith bacteriological bombs Brirled as

"flactsuDpre$or". ro be dob.ieled as "resllts o'f hissioD rn

convictions to rrhich his conscience had brouqht him.

Since the st:rtmcDts oi the rvitnesses (ISCK//4 & 5), an.l the coln
lnenlaries co;taining the subslance ol the intcrview-s, are reprpdLrced
belory as Att., there is t1o necessit-l/ !o elaborate them further here

Bu. i-onr rLe sri rel -raremert- ar I r r-ser- to q.resrion. ir .e-m.

This may be appreciard by meafls of the following table:

prefiously been prepared for the.lvork by caulious inlormatory lectures, and not apprised of rvhat they wer expected to do, even after
Jan. 1952, until their actual arrival rn Korea. At Aherican and Japanese
bases, bacterial lvarfare Nas said to be a theoretical and p!rely defensi\-e
matter; but a! Korean bases pilots were surprised to iind that it had
already been started lveelcs or months before thir arrival. The fact
thal the general order musr hr\.e been gi\.en duridg tbe period of the
Kaesong peace talks was nol overlooked by the pilots.

For ihe rest, the iadependently heard testimonies of thc airflen

coniained sereral points oI iflteresl. Il 1i'as noteworthy that they did
not renember ever having received any irstrlciion on the recognised
clrstoms and usages of war, such as the prohibition of the shooting of
prisoners, nor ot having seen any regulations relating thereto in,{merican nanuals of procedure; still less had ihey heard of the outlawing
of certarn forms ol lr,ar, at least LJy certain narions. Then the testimony
of the \ritnesses rvas unanimous as to the disaslro{s eilects on the

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morale

ol their fellow

servic-men of rhe orde.s ro carry out bacterio-

endy no lonse. resarded as enenies those who had laid down their arms,
can weu be imasined.

Hygiene iri New China

The officers interriewed did nor seem very lvelt-informed on rhe

variety ol types of cantajne$ being used, but this was doubtless because
as pilots and navigators they were not supptied with the iniormation

In sum, the Comnission,

as the result of exhaustive conversatidrs

its belief lhat lhe airmen werc not srbjected to any phl.sical or mental
pressure, and thai their treatmnt was worthy oI the best rraditions of

ated from the field.

health movment is not confined onh

to Peking or a few orher

tt .."ii.". far inro ihe

cities. Reliarble iDfonmants asserled it'ut

in the north oI Heituxgchiang province,

on lhe borders
the cleanliness

i
l

of Inner Mmgolia. 'l'he

of

!h vdlages.

members \uere !]uch impressed by

I'

almosr alway. rjre rcidenrs rvere repofled

lro-r rh" imm"d:are n.ishbourl-ood

UUI

Bl:m F1re;*: ?PlF: {

g I9 -r,q-1e ,.
&"-Ci . E-"-s,1*9
sFEiEii'; 3ii Fr F{
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Documents previously publNhod gare on the one hand soDe of &e bacteriological and epidemiological details relating the iDfected insects with cases
of humar diseasej aod on the oiher hand evidence relatjng the insects to the

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these jnvestigations

it vill be seer that the

connection betwm the planes,

the vectors, and.the cases of human disease, can no longer be contesied.

At

an eartier poinr, the

netlod of incident

aDalysis was

explajnd The

An.lu (K, llasLt S].\r'r,

cIdLn.Do!' (K, plaguc) sIA/l

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Iroi.Yahs (K,

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emrg
ted

an

There
vectors
bacteriological tests, and the clinical cases follo\t'inr

In

connclion

witt all these facts, the

Comnission heard and inler-

rogated a large nftnber of ordinary Chinese countr)'folk lts menbers wre

conv;nced of the integrity and stolid hoiestl of.these witnesses; whose depositions were marked by plainnss and clarity.

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Liao{'ns (c, resr a!th!d) IScc/5

Ah.Sha! (C, enqelhihis) rSCC/6

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suitabl vectors- Finally, lhe mosi stringent sanitarl precauiions are, and were
from the bginning, taken both by the Chinese md the North Koreans at the
frontier botween the countries

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iernoved from the {robt lins coalrary to th opinion of so xperiencd

a bacterloioglst as th former Director of Oamp Dstnitk. Bu't the contradiction is only appareni. The last ter'yeais have se6n enornous progress in techniques of disinfesta tion j on the one hand nelv and ever more
poteit i,nseclicides, combind in various nlixtures, ai oo the other hand
machines of bish efiiciency lor the disscmination of clouds of these sub-

this kind of Nartare, with i'ts bralculabl dangersl

screen apparat!s develloped during the second $'orld \,\,-ar.

hactical experience

has showtr

tiat

such methods can be usd for the

are in possessron oi such machines, and emphasises their significance

since "in any lulur hostilit es ordinary measures and nornal methods
may !ve1l prove insufficient to cope $.ith the situation." (App )

rate parlly, io all otler ;nsect carried dL,seases, and help io exdlain thc
geneml tondency sccn in Korca to\l-ards the u,.e of inseol r.cctors 1'hc
exarnple taketr is t]:pical;1ve cannot limit thc possibilities oI bactenobe done, and thrcw light, as here, on apparenl cortradictions. An almost

perfect control of insect vectors on the American side in Korea would

that the diffusion of bacteria, riruses and toxins, in ae.osols is the only
effective
rrrectrve m9thorl
method or
of bacleriologicatr
Dacre orogrcal waflare.
warlare. Thus
rnus _Ja
Japanese exporience
(tl. pp. 13/14 abqve) can nolv be iltilised or a nelv level,
xamined by tle Commissio{r, ihat ol the
/3 i8;00010) occorrins in the cities oi
n in liiaotung prodnce, Northcast China
fity dlat a virus had been disseninaterl
The Comdssion was rnable ro reach a
rce it could hot establish a definite relad tbe air i,ncursions. Ne\"ertheless the
d full dorumntatim concerning it is
endices (IScC/6).

Fosition to give to the s.orld concrete

rnber cf Ibrean and Chrnese civilians

or the mo(ality rate Tt is nol desirable
wouLd pro\'ide the last essential data for

ilitv lies. 'l'he information is not neces-

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the mech4nicat tralsmission of [aoiclia by nornal

ilhe Commission has come to the following conclusions 'l'he peoples

Itorea
and China have indeed been the objective of bacteriological
of

the second world war.

The Commission reached these conclusions, prssillg i'om one logical

destruction of humanity

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II

anthrd and hdemorrhasic

of US. Planes over Northeast

the occurrencc ofrresDiratory

anthrax me;insitis folldwrng ihe ifltruslon

(rscc5)
China (ISCCS)
'a

H. h. Idormation on althroPod borne

d'iseases

ot the

encephalitis type

L i. Commentary on the incidents at Shenyaqq (Mukdeh) (encephalitis).

J. j Notes on the case of the South Kore&, agent sent to North Korea
to collct and transmit to U.S headquarters epidemiologcal intellisencc

p. Memorardun ou the

China.

T.

lublii

health and hvFiene movement in Ne\t

Biosraphical .esister of Chnese and Korean scientists

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